Codes of Civil Procedure Mar 2, 2017

Wyoming Rules of Civil Procedure

I. SCOPE OF RULES; ONE FORM OF ACTION

Rule 1. Scope and purpose.

Rule 2. One form of action.

II. COMMENCEMENT OF ACTION; SERVICE OF PROCESS: PLEADINGS, MOTIONS, AND ORDERS

Rule 3. Commencement of action.

Rule 3.1. Civil cover sheet.

Rule 4. Summons.

Rule 5. Serving and filing pleadings and other papers.

Rule 5.1. Constitutional challenge to a statute.

Rule 5.2. Privacy protection for filings made with the court.

Rule 6. Time.

III. PLEADINGS AND MOTIONS

Rule 7. Pleadings allowed; form of motions and other papers.

Rule 8. General rules of pleading.

Rule 9. Pleading special matters.

Rule 10. Form of pleadings.

Rule 11. Signing pleadings, motions, and other papers; representations to the court;

Rule 12. When and how presented; motion for judgment on the pleadings; consolidating

Rule 13. Counterclaim and crossclaim.

Rule 14. Third-party practice.

Rule 15. Amended and supplemental pleadings.

Rule 16. Pretrial conferences; scheduling; management.

IV. PARTIES

Rule 17. Plaintiff and defendant; capacity; public officers.

Rule 18. Joinder of claims.

Rule 19. Required joinder of parties.

Rule 20. Permissive joinder of parties.

Rule 21. Misjoinder and nonjoinder of parties.

Rule 22. Interpleader.

Rule 23. Class actions.

Rule 23.1. Derivative actions.

Rule 23.2. Actions relating to unincorporated associations.

Rule 24. Intervention.

Rule 25. Substitution of parties.

V. DEPOSITIONS AND DISCOVERY

Rule 26. Duty to disclose; general provisions governing discovery.

Rule 27. Depositions to perpetuate testimony.

Rule 28. Persons before whom depositions may be taken.

Rule 29. Stipulations about discovery procedure.

Rule 30. Depositions by oral examination.

Rule 31. Depositions by written questions.

Rule 32. Using depositions in court proceedings.

Rule 33. Interrogatories to parties.

Rule 34. Producing documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things, or

Rule 35. Physical and mental examinations.

Rule 36. Requests for admission.

Rule 37. Failure to make disclosures or to cooperate in discovery; sanctions.

VI. TRIALS

Rule 38. Right to a jury trial; demand.

Rule 39. Trial by jury or by the court.

Rule 39.1. Jury trial; jury note taking; juror notebooks.

Rule 39.2. Juror questionnaires.

Rule 39.3. Copies of instructions for jurors.

Rule 39.4. Juror questions for witnesses.

Rule 40. Assignment for trial or alternative dispute resolution.

Rule 40.1. Transfer of trial and change of judge.

Rule 41. Dismissal of actions.

Rule 42. Consolidation; separate trials.

Rule 43. Taking testimony.

Rule 44. Determining foreign law.

Rule 45. Subpoena.

Rule 46. Objecting to a ruling or order.

Rule 47. Selecting jurors for trial.

Rule 48. Number of jurors; verdict; polling.

Rule 49. Special verdict; general verdict and questions.

Rule 50. Judgment as a matter of law in jury trials; alternative motion for new trial;

Rule 51. Instructions to the jury; objections; preserving a claim of error.

Rule 52. Findings by the court; judgment on partial findings; reserved questions.

Rule 53. Masters.

VII. JUDGMENT

Rule 54. Judgment; costs.

Rule 55. Default; default judgment.

Rule 56. Summary judgment.

Rule 56.1. Summary judgment -- required statement of material facts.

Rule 57. Declaratory judgment.

Rule 58. Entering judgment.

Rule 59. New trial; altering or amending a judgment.

Rule 60. Relief from a judgment or order.

Rule 61. Harmless error.

Rule 62. Stay of proceedings to enforce a judgment.

Rule 62.1. Indicative ruling on a motion for relief that is barred by a pending appeal.

Rule 63. Judge’s inability to proceed.

VIII. PROVISIONAL AND FINAL REMEDIES AND SPECIAL PROCEEDINGS

Rule 64. Seizing a person or property.

Rule 65. Injunctions and restraining orders.

Rule 65.1. Proceedings against a surety.

Rule 66. Receivers.

Rule 67. Deposit into court.

Rule 68. Offer of settlement or judgment.

Rule 69. Execution.

Rule 70. Enforcing a judgment for a specific act.

Rule 71. Enforcing relief for or against a nonparty.

Rule 71.1. Condemnation of property.

IX. DISTRICT COURTS AND CLERKS

Rule 77. District courts and clerks; notice of an order or judgment.

Rule 78. Hearing motions; decision on briefs.

Rule 79. Books and records kept by the clerk.

Rule 80. Stenographic transcript as evidence.

X. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Rule 81. Applicability in general.

Rule 82. Jurisdiction and venue unaffected.

Rule 83. Rules by courts of record; judge’s directives.

Rule 84. Forms.

Rule 85. Title.

Rule 86. Effective dates.

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